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Line 19: − <pre>+ − +------+ − + Task +-----+ − +------+ | − v − +------------------------------+ − | File Descriptors Table (FDT) | − +------------------------------+ − | | | 2 | ... | | − +------------------------------+ − | − | − | +------+ +--------+ +-------+ − +----->| File |--->| Dentry |--->| Inode | − +------+ +--------+ +-------+ − </pre>
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So after <code>open()</code> (or some other, see below) system call there will be this chain in the memory
So after <code>open()</code> (or some other, see below) system call there will be this chain in the memory
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The File object can be referenced by more than on FDT, e.g. when a task calls <code>fork()</code> the child one gets new FDT, but it references the same Files as the parent does, i.e. Files become shared objects.
The File object can be referenced by more than on FDT, e.g. when a task calls <code>fork()</code> the child one gets new FDT, but it references the same Files as the parent does, i.e. Files become shared objects.